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REPORT
OX THE
TRADE OF MASKAT
for the year 1911-12.
[ By Major S. G. Knox, C.I.E., IIis Britannic Majesty's Consul, Masqat.]
Introduction.— jlfskat is tlie capital and t’:c The following arc the average rated ruling ia the
principal port of ihe Sultanate cf Oman, whira local market in each month for the past three
coniprises a portico of the EOcth-caEtera and camera years :—
coast of Arabia up to the entrance to the Persian
Gulf.
Maskat id the only port of call for steamers in
Oman, but as the town lies at the end of a core Month.
6-jmmnded by huge rocky hill*, it has no nunn.* of 1KO-10. 1910-11. 1911-12.
communication with the inlc-rnr. The neighbouring1
tuwn of Matrah, about 2 milc-3 up the coast, sup
plies this want, and ia the local centre for trade -with Be. Ba. R«.
the interior. April . 12S* 132* 13 I
Maj . 129* 132* 137*
Currency.—The currency cf tto country is the Juno « 129, 13-'*A Hit
Maria Theresa dollar and the debased copper ccin July . 132J S3 143*
minted in 1895 to the order of His Highnesa the Angnat 134* 143 j
September 133 132 ft 112*
Sultan. Sovereigns and British Indian coiius sre October 130 ItOf
also current in Maskat and Matrah. In the interior November 131 1391
these coins are exchanged at a discount Docomber 12$* 133* 141 *
131*
January
134
Trade accounts are kept in Mahomadia and Gaf, February 129* 131 142
imaginary coins. There are two kinds of Mohomaci?, March 127* 134.V 142}
black and white. Black 2G£=1 dollar and white
111=1 dollar. The white b used in wholesale inde
accounts and the black for fruits, vegetables, etc.
Most Hundb from India show their face voice in # Weights and Measure*.—There are two different
Idaho madis and not in rupees. kinds of these—;one for the Sultan’s Customs, and
the other for retail bazaar use
20 Gaj — 1 Mahonuwii.
1. Those used by the Sultan's Customs
11* 11 abo madia-1 dollar.
are:—
100 HahoxEAdis —1 toman.
1 Eiaa - £6 or 8*0371 oca.
The rate of exchange between the Maria Theresa
dollar and the rupee varied from Its. 13&-2-0 to 1 Mailat marmd-1144 or 34 kiaa or 8 Iba. 14* ora.
Rs. 142-12-0 per 100 dollars, the lowest boing in 10 Bulat maonda • 1 Ftmtla
April and the highest in August. 200 Yulit maanda — 1 mw
195 r. D.